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<blockquote data-quote="Metallian" data-source="post: 64678" data-attributes="member: 1063">I was wondering if the following would be a good idea:&quot;All characters with Infernal/Celestial blood are treated as Evil (if they have Infernal blood) or Good (if they have Celestial blood) for the purposes of Divination Spells, magical effects, using magic weapons, etc.&quot;I think it's &quot;kewl,&quot; because you can have tragic Tiefling heroes, never trusted because &quot;Detect Evil&quot; says they are evil, and you can also have evil Aasimar nobles bathing in the blood of virgins, yet above suspicion because everyone thinks they are Good.It also fits conveniently with my idea (for my campaign) that all nobles in the known world have Celestial blood. This explains why the Clerics of a predominately good society would tolerate &quot;noble privilege,&quot; even when the nobles are selfish and evil. Pure-blooded nobles would be more or less above suspicion, and spilling the blood of a noble would be a horrible crime (since you're basically spilling the blood of angels). It also gives us an easy explanation as to why nobles/royalty who are usually low-level regular joes (instead of Wizards, or mightly Clerics, or whatever) are usually the rulers of these fantasy societies.Of course, this would probably cause some rather serious problems for the character in question, especially good Tieflings/Half-Fiends. I imagine life would be hard for such characters. On the other hand, they'd have access to weapons and items that &quot;normal&quot; Good characters would be denied.Is there a good way to handle this? I basically want to have Good characters with Fiendish blood appear evil to Paladins, and be able to use evil weapons to fight the forces of darkness on their own terms. (and vice versa with respect to Celestials) Perhaps I should be more specific about which situations cause the character to be treated as their &quot;blood's&quot; alignment? Perhaps the ECL should go up or down? Or is this just too messed-up an idea? Any suggestions?&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; The Metallian</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Metallian, post: 64678, member: 1063"] I was wondering if the following would be a good idea: "All characters with Infernal/Celestial blood are treated as Evil (if they have Infernal blood) or Good (if they have Celestial blood) for the purposes of Divination Spells, magical effects, using magic weapons, etc." I think it's "kewl," because you can have tragic Tiefling heroes, never trusted because "Detect Evil" says they are evil, and you can also have evil Aasimar nobles bathing in the blood of virgins, yet above suspicion because everyone thinks they are Good. It also fits conveniently with my idea (for my campaign) that all nobles in the known world have Celestial blood. This explains why the Clerics of a predominately good society would tolerate "noble privilege," even when the nobles are selfish and evil. Pure-blooded nobles would be more or less above suspicion, and spilling the blood of a noble would be a horrible crime (since you're basically spilling the blood of angels). It also gives us an easy explanation as to why nobles/royalty who are usually low-level regular joes (instead of Wizards, or mightly Clerics, or whatever) are usually the rulers of these fantasy societies. Of course, this would probably cause some rather serious problems for the character in question, especially good Tieflings/Half-Fiends. I imagine life would be hard for such characters. On the other hand, they'd have access to weapons and items that "normal" Good characters would be denied. Is there a good way to handle this? I basically want to have Good characters with Fiendish blood appear evil to Paladins, and be able to use evil weapons to fight the forces of darkness on their own terms. (and vice versa with respect to Celestials) Perhaps I should be more specific about which situations cause the character to be treated as their "blood's" alignment? Perhaps the ECL should go up or down? Or is this just too messed-up an idea? Any suggestions? The Metallian [/QUOTE]

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